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Multiple myeloma (MM), also
known as
plasma cell
myeloma and
simply myeloma, is a
cancer of
plasma cells, a type of
white blood cell that
normally produces...
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disorder termed non-secretory
multiple myeloma; this
disorder is a form of
plasma cell
dyscrasia in
which no
myeloma protein is
detected in
serum or urine...
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myeloma protein is an
abnormal antibody (immunoglobulin) or (more often) a
fragment thereof, such as an
immunoglobulin light chain, that is produced...
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Smouldering myeloma is a
disease classified as
intermediate in a
spectrum of step-wise
progressive diseases termed plasma cell dyscrasias. In this spectrum...
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Myeloma Foundation may
refer to:
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation International Myeloma Foundation This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated...
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medication used to
treat multiple myeloma,
smoldering myeloma, and
myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). For
multiple myeloma, it is a
first line treatment, and...
- The
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is a
charitable organization dedicated to
multiple myeloma, an
incurable blood cancer. The MMRF runs as...
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which plasma cells or
other types of antibody-producing
cells secrete a
myeloma protein, i.e. an
abnormal antibody, into the blood; this
abnormal protein...
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kidney failure in the
context of
multiple myeloma. It is the most
common cause of
kidney injury in
myeloma. In
myeloma cast nephropathy,
filtered κ or λ light...
- also
known as paraproteinemia, is the
presence of
excessive amounts of
myeloma protein or
monoclonal gamma globulin in the blood. It is
usually due to...
